RU59208U1 - OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE - Google Patents

Abstract

The inventive utility model relates to lighting devices, in particular, to a combination of lighting devices with other devices, and can be used in search, fire and rescue operations. The invention allows the user to obtain information about the localization of an object (obstacle) in conditions of reduced visibility, thereby reducing the risk of a user colliding with obstacles and increasing the user's awareness of the geometry of the environment. The device contains a lighting lamp, an ultrasonic locator and a signaling device and is characterized in that the lighting lamp and an ultrasonic locator are combined in one device. The device operates as follows. The lantern creates a directional light beam that allows you to detect obstacles in the dark or at a relatively low level of smoke (dust) of air. The ultrasonic locator locates the medium by sending and receiving ultrasonic signals and determines the distance to the obstacle. The signaling device generates vibrational or sound signals (depending on the design used), perceived by the user and allowing him to judge the presence of obstacles in the field of view and the distance to them. 1 n.p. and 5 z.p. f-ly, 4 ill.

Description

The inventive utility model relates to lighting devices, in particular, to a combination of lighting devices with other devices, and can be used in search, fire and rescue operations.

Known conventional lighting lamp with a directed light beam that allows you to search for objects and spatial orientation in the dark.

A disadvantage of the known flashlight is that it does not allow you to search and navigate in conditions of high dust or smoke.

Also known is the Miniguide ultrasound device for the blind, adopted as the closest analogue, material about which is published, for example, in Port Macquarie News, May 2003 and in Horizons Newsletter, Fall 2004, and is also covered in Technology And Persons With Disabilities Conference 2004 (electronic version at http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2004/proceedings/197.htm)

More information on Miniguide is available at www.gdp-research.com.au

"Miniguide" contains an ultrasonic locator, an information processing device and signaling devices in the form of a sound source and vibration sensors. The user holds the device in his hand. An ultrasonic locator measures the distance to obstacles, the detector generates sound or vibration signals, the nature of which depends on the measured range.

A disadvantage of the known Miniguide device is that the sighted user cannot use the usual visual perception of the environment in the dark.

The objective of the claimed utility model is to ensure the effective simultaneous use of the user's vision and hearing for search work and spatial orientation in conditions of reduced visibility.

This problem is solved due to the fact that in the device for detecting obstacles at the same time a conventional lighting lamp and an ultrasonic locator with a sound or vibration warning device are used.

The device can be placed in a single construct in the form of a hand-held portable flashlight.

The device can be placed in a single construct in the form of a headlamp.

The device can be mounted in a helmet (helmet).

The device may allow the separate inclusion of the light and the ultrasonic locator.

The device may have a switching mode of operation of the light and ultrasonic locator, carried out by means of a single power switch.

The technical result of the utility model is to increase user awareness of the environment in low visibility conditions.

Due to the placement of the device in a single construct in the form of a hand-held portable flashlight, it becomes possible to quickly scan the space by changing the position of the hand holding the device.

Thanks to the placement of the device in a single construct in the form of a headlamp, it becomes possible to quickly scan

space by changing the position of the head, and the user's hands remain free.

Thanks to mounting the device in a helmet (helmet), it becomes possible to quickly scan the space by changing the position of the head, and the user's hands remain free, the head is mechanically protected.

Due to the organization of the separate switching on of the light and the ultrasonic locator, the user can disable at his discretion any of the two named blocks, which saves the energy of an autonomous power source.

Due to the organization of switching the operating modes of the light and the ultrasonic locator by means of a single power switch, it is easier for the user to switch modes when working in protective gloves, etc., since there is no need to search for one or another switch.

Figure 1 presents a view of a hand-held portable light, supplemented by an ultrasonic locator.

Figure 2 presents a view of a headlamp in which an ultrasonic locator is mounted.

Figure 3 presents a view of a helmet equipped with a headlamp and an ultrasonic locator.

Figure 4 presents a view of a hand-held portable light, supplemented by an ultrasonic locator, equipped with an audible warning device and separate power switches for the light and locator.

The obstacle detection device comprises a lighting lamp 1, an ultrasonic locator 2, an information processing unit 3, a signaling device 4, a power source 5 and a power switch 6 (FIG. 1). Structurally, all the elements are located inside the housing 7. The directions of the central axis 8 of the lighting lamp 1 and the central axis 9

ultrasonic locator match. The signaling device 4 is a vibration sensor located in the handle 10 of the housing 7 (Figure 1) or an audio sensor 11 mounted in the wall of the housing 7 (Figure 4).

Lighting lamp, ultrasonic locator and signaling device can be placed in a single construct in the form of a headlamp (Figure 2). On the front surface of the housing 12 there is a lighting lamp 13 and an ultrasonic locator 14. On the side surfaces of the housing 12 there is a power switch 15 and an audible alarm 16. An information processing unit and a power source are located inside the housing 12. A belt 17 is used to fix the flashlight to the user's head.

A lighting lamp, an ultrasonic locator and an alarm can be mounted in a helmet (Figure 3). A lighting lamp 13, an ultrasonic locator 14, a power switch 15 and an audible warning device 16 are placed in the housing 18 in the same way as in the headlamp (Figure 2), but the housing 18 is mounted in a helmet 19. The information processing unit and the power source are located inside housing 18.

The light and the ultrasonic locator may have separate power switches (Figure 4). The power switch 20 of the lighting lamp 1 and the power switch 21 of the ultrasonic locator 2 are located on the surface of the housing 7 near the handle 10.

Switching the operating modes of the light and the ultrasonic locator can be carried out using a single power switch. For this purpose, an electric button can be applied, the signals from which are processed by the electronic unit.

In General, the device operates as follows.

The lantern creates a directional light beam that allows you to detect obstacles in the dark or at a relatively low level of smoke or dust. Ultrasonic

the locator locates the medium by sending and receiving ultrasonic signals and determines the distance to the obstacle. The signaling device generates vibrational or sound signals (depending on the design used), perceived by the user and allowing him to judge the presence of obstacles in the field of view and the distance to them. Each subsequent press of the button puts the device into the next mode of operation: “The device is completely turned off”, “Only the light works”, “Only the ultrasonic locator works”, “The light and the light work simultaneously” and then the above modes are cycled.

The technical result of the invention is to increase user awareness of the environment in low visibility conditions.

Due to the placement of the device in a single construct in the form of a hand-held portable flashlight, it becomes possible to quickly scan the space by changing the position of the hand holding the device.

Due to the placement of the device in a single construct in the form of a headlamp, it becomes possible to quickly scan the space by changing the position of the head, and the user's hands remain free.

Thanks to mounting the device in a helmet (helmet), it becomes possible to quickly scan the space by changing the position of the head, and the user's hands remain free, the head is mechanically protected.

Due to the organization of the separate switching on of the light and the ultrasonic locator, the user can disable at his discretion any of the two named blocks, which saves the energy of an autonomous power source.

Due to the organization of switching the operating modes of the light and the ultrasonic locator by means of a single power switch, it is easier for the user to switch modes when working in protective gloves, etc., since there is no need to search for one or another switch.

Claims (6)

1. An obstacle detection device comprising a lighting lamp, an ultrasonic locator, an information processing unit and an alarm, characterized in that the lighting lamp and an ultrasonic locator are combined in one device, and the directions of the central axes of the lighting lamp and an ultrasonic locator coincide. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lighting lamp, ultrasonic locator and signaling device are placed in a single construct in the form of a hand-held portable lamp. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lighting lamp, ultrasonic locator and signaling device are placed in a single construct in the form of a headlamp. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the light, the ultrasonic locator and the detector are mounted in a helmet (helmet). 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the light and the ultrasonic locator can be switched to active mode individually, independently of each other. 6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the switching modes of the light and the ultrasonic locator is carried out by means of a single power switch.